260 University of California Publications in Zoology [Vol. 10 



though none presents the extreme of characters of that race, and 

 they may possibly be merely intergrad.es, or individual variants. 

 At the same time (May 14) a typical example of E. wrighti 

 was taken at the same place. 



Otocoris alpestris actia Qberholser 

 California Horned Lark 



Abundant on the extensive flats of upper Hemet Valley, at 

 Hemet Lake, Kenworthy. and east nearly to Vandeventer Flat. 

 At Kenworthy in June large flocks of old and young together 

 were to be seen everywhere on the pasture land. A very few were 

 noted at points on the desert side of the San Gorgonio Pass, 

 three or four at Cabezon. May 4, and another small flock at 

 Whitewater, May 25, at both places in small cultivated patches 

 of ground. In the stubble fields about Banning, and from there 

 westward, it was a very abundant species. 



Six specimens were preserved: one from Banning (no. 2051), 

 and five from Kenworthy (nos. 2296-2300), all adults. 



Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis (Ridgway) 

 Blue-fronted Jay 



Notably abundant in Strawberry Valley, much more so than 

 at any other point visited. At Schain's Ranch, the lower edge 

 of Transition, and at Tahquitz Valley, high Transition, they 

 were present, but in lesser numbers. Very few were noted in 

 Round Valley. On Santa Rosa Mountain they were also exceed- 

 ingly scarce. At Hemet Lake, early in August, and on Thomas 

 Mountain a little later, they were seen daily, at that time prob- 

 ably beginning to scatter out more widely over the mountains. 



Twenty-seven specimens were preserved from the following 

 points: Schain's Ranch, two (nos. 1778, 1779); Fuller's Mill, 

 five (nos. 1869-1873); Strawberry Valley, sixteen (nos. 2556- 

 2571) ; Tahquitz Valley, one (no. 2875) ; Thomas Mountain, one 

 (no. 3015) ; Toro Peak, one (no. 2466) ; Santa Rosa Peak, one 

 (no. 2467). 



Of the sixteen specimens taken in Strawberry Valley, a large 

 proportion were killed in rat traps set for flying squirrels in 

 the branches of oak trees. 



